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Beaming through a tucked away corner of Brighton’s busy lanes, Permit Room is open and ready to welcome one and all. Not to be confused with the buzzy bars in our Dum cafés, this Permit Room is an outpost all of its own. Read on.
The Diary is more than a collection of stories — it is a journey into the heart of biryani. Here, we document not just recipes, but the legacies, rituals, and emotions that make biryani an enduring symbol of patience, craft, and celebration.
Each section of this diary opens a new door:
The Diary is both archive and adventure: a place to pause, reflect, and taste stories that stretch beyond borders. Every entry is an invitation — to discover, to savor, and to see biryani not only as a dish, but as a world in itself.
NOT SO LONG AGO we were wondering to ourselves: “What might have happened if a young Irani had set up a café in a Godown (warehouse) behind Bombay’s Victoria Terminus, C. 1928?”
In September 2013, at Dum Shoreditch, we’re hosting a ‘cabinet of curiosity’ curated by This is Provenance as part of the London Design Festival.
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The narrative of the disappearing Irani Cafés has a certain wistful poetry.
Zoroastrian Iranian immigrants cross the Indian ocean from Iran to arrive in early 20th century colonial Bombay. They work in the homes of established Parsi families, leaving to set up their own cafés. These Irani cafés become an irreplaceable Bombay institution. An institution which earns a fond place in the hearts of Bombayites, regardless of caste and class, by

In September 2013, at Dishoom Shoreditch, we’re hosting a ‘cabinet of curiosity’ curated by This is Provenance as part of the London Design Festival.

NOT SO LONG AGO we were wondering to ourselves: “What might have happened if a young Irani had set up a café in a Godown (warehouse) behind Bombay’s Victoria Terminus, C. 1928?
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Decadence, delivered. Surrey’s pre-orders are now live. From kitchen to castle, your biryani awaits.